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Mind your step in east Texas because there's a cryptid loose, and if you're unlucky you could very well wind up in a crypt. The headline spoils who's lurking, but the DFW Scanner has the rest of the details for your edification. While a cobra may be scary, this snake may very well be more scared of you than vicey-versey. Remember, while slithery, this snake has a mind, a heart, and consciousness, which nicely sets up Rachel Fobar's analysis from Inside The Fight for Animal Personhood. Are they a person or a thing? Central to the issue at hand is Happy the Elephant at the Bronx Zoo, a point of contention between the Nonhuman Rights Project and, well, everyone else. And keeping in the same theme of universal healthcare, the United States lags behind the rest of the planet in terms of legal personhood for critters. Best of all, Rachel presents some strong and surprising arguments for personhood for nonhumans. (CS)

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